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• Albert Van Hooste, Stekene († 1995)
• Clazina Helena Brederode, Noordwijk († 2000)
• Aleida Jacoba (Alie) van der Heiden, Amersfoort († 2004)
• Dirk van de Pol, Ede, Nederland († 2015)
• Dirkje van Schaik († 1985)
• Decio Benedito Luz Braga, Monte Santo de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brasil († 2014)
• Eddy de Koster, Medan (IND) († 1995)
• Alberdina Pietertje Elshof († 2006)
• van Sijll, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1927)
• Allegonda Egberta van de Ven, Ravenstein, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Anna Margaretha Hendrica Emont (62), Haarlem
• - van der Schuur (0), Den Ham
• Alberdina Metselaar (69), Emmen
• Anna Moesen (86), Eigenbilzen
• Adrianus Stuivenberg (57), Utrecht
• Otte Bos (2), Losser
• Arnolda Sophia de Roock (88), Vlissingen
• Adrianus van STUIVENBERG (57), Utrecht-Stad, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arnolda Sophia de Roock (88), Vlissingen, ZL, Nederland
• Agatha Stephana van KLAVEREN (59), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1925 » Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Tanzanian politician, 2nd President of Tanzania
• 1926 » David Attenborough, English environmentalist and television host
• 1926 » David Hurst, German actor († 2019)
• 1926 » Don Rickles, American comedian and actor († 2017)
• 1927 » Chumy Chúmez, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter († 2003)
• 1927 » László Paskai, Hungarian cardinal († 2015)
• 1928 » Robert Conley, American journalist († 2013)
• 1928 » Ted Sorensen, American lawyer, 8th White House Counsel († 2010)
• 1929 » Ethel D. Allen, American physician and politician († 1981)
• 1929 » Girija Devi, Indian classical singer († 2017)

• 1925 » John Beresford, Irish polo player (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Natalie, queen consort of Serbia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1890)
• 1943 » Mordechai Anielewicz, Polish commander (b. 1919)
• 1944 » Themistoklis Diakidis, Greek high jumper (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Bernhard Rust, German lieutenant and politician (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Frank Bourne, British soldier, last survivor of the Battle of Rorke's Drift (b. 1854)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Rediess, German SS officer (b. 1900)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Petrus
8. Gerrit
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Gerardus
12. Jacob
13. Wilhelmus
14. Antonius
15. Arie
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Geertruida
12. Jacoba
13. Helena
14. Aaltje
15. Margaretha
16. Grietje

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
• May 20 » Treaty of Jeddah: The United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• June 13 » Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.
• July 15 » Massacre of July 15, 1927: Eighty-nine protesters are killed by the Austrian police in Vienna.
• October 4 » Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
• October 25 » The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314.
• December 2 » Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.

The temperature on May 8, 1927 was between 9.3 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 13.9 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.